Merrick Brown
Software Engineer at Stylitics
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMerrick Brown is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building edTech and consumer systems, currently contributing at Stylitics after a senior role at OneStudyTeam. He brings a rare blend of production JavaScript/React and backend Clojure expertise informed by a PhD in Mathematics (UNC Chapel Hill), where he specialized in group theory, linear algebra, and algebraic geometry. Merrick has applied that formal problem-solving to real products and to open-source game logic—contributing nuanced rule and card-interaction fixes to the popular mtgred/netrunner Clojure project. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs rigorous academic analysis with pragmatic engineering to simplify complex interactions and edge cases. Based in Durham, NC, he favors clear, provable solutions and routinely surfaces subtle correctness improvements that reduce downstream bugs.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkPhD, Mathematics, PhD, Mathematics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (6)
clojure10
functional-programming10
clojure-cli10
logic10
testing9
clojurescript8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mtgred/netrunner
Nov 2015 - Apr 2021
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 39 commits, 27 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Merrick primarily contributed to the Netrunner card game project by implementing and refining game logic within the Clojure code. They focused on enhancing the interaction of specific cards, especially "Shi.Kyu," and updated card abilities with optional triggers and new functionalities. The user also improved and fixed the game's resources, including credits and counters, and adapted the rules for interactions with other cards.
merrickbrown/netrunner
Nov 2015 - Sep 2023
Contributions:41 pushes, 48 branches in 7 years 11 months
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